Tag: television
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Elisabeth Sladen passes on to the great Tardis in the sky
Actress Elisabeth Sladen, most famous for playing Doctor Who’s sidekick Sarah Jane Smith, died this week at age 63 of cancer. I was a big fan of her spin-off show, the Sarah Jane Adventures. Here’s to you Ms. Sladen.
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Using a new HDMI Mac Mini with my TV: Early days
This will be the first in a continuing series of posts about using a brand new Mac Mini with an HDMI port (purchased in June 2010) connected to a high-definition television. To read all of our adventures jumping through hoops, losing remotes and forgetting the password to bypass parental controls, see this page with all…
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Phew, the new season of Entourage is almost here
Way off topic, but Apple and HBO just put a 5 minute “sneak peak” video up in the iTunes store for the upcoming fifth season of Entourage. I guess the summer drought of watchable TV shows is finally lifting. Here’s a link to the page inside the store. Warning: lots of plot spoilers crammed into…
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Adventures of Sarah Jane’s a throwback to great scifi TV cheese
When I was a kid, you watched what was on TV when you wanted to watch. No Tivo, no on-demand, no downloads. There were some shows my bro and I watched because they were just on, like say, Gilligan’s Island. But there were only a few shows I went out of my way to be…